How old are you? 22
When did you first start hooping? March 2009 :)
Would you call yourself a beginner, intermediate or advanced hooper? Intermediate
How often do you hoop? Not enough. I have little attention span and no one to hoop with so usually about 15 minutes a day...then I get distracted.
Do you have an indoor hoop space? Not really :\
Is there a hoop group where you live? I think so...
Would you say that you are obsessed with or addicted to hooping? I would say I LOVE IT ;)
Have you posted hooping videos? How many? one. more soon, when I get better.
Do you have friends nearby to hoop with? I do, but I never get to see them.
Do you teach hooping? If so, how many people have you taught? No, but I feel like I do. I work at a pre-school and ALL I DO during inside recess is teach my little kiddies hula hooping tricks...so I guess I do in a way.
What kind of songs do you listen to while hooping? Actually, I would love to but I don't because it's usually me watching a video and running outside to try it...and back and forth to figure out what I'm doing wrong.
What is your favorite song right now? Oh jeeze, let's just do what I'm listening to, Safe & Sound-Rebelution.
Do you buy hoops or make your own? My first one was a gift and everyone after that, I've made :)
Have you lost weight since starting to hoop? yeah, but I'm not sure if I can say it's from hooping.
What size is your favorite hoop? I like different ones for different things, cause I am still learning & don't have a GREAT one yet. But, I like 3/4 tubing.
Are you comfortable hooping by yourself in a public place? Somewhat.
How did you learn the majority of the tricks you know today? Safire on YouTube
Who is your favorite hoop teacher? Safire is all I watch :)
What advice would you give to to beginner hoopers? Don't give up when you just can't learn a trick. Try a different size hoop and give yourself A LOT of time.
Do you fire hoop? If not, do you want to? I'm still learning on regular hoops and I have bad luck so I should probably stay away from fire. haha.
Do you own an LED hoop? Where did you get it? Nope not yet that is going to be my present to myself when I get really good ;)
How much time do you spend on safiredance.ning? hmmm...like 15 minutes a day??
What was the first trick you learned (besides waist hooping)? I started out with the lift up and put back down on the waist.
What is the last trick you mastered? I don't know the name but it's when I swing it around my back and then jump into it??
What trick so far was the hardest for you to learn? I FINALLY got chest hooping, I jut could NOT figure out how to move my body, now I'm working on mastering it :)
Which one are you finding is almost impossible to get? Well, I'm past impossible now on chest hooping and I am not currently working on new tricks, just mastering the ones I have.
How many hoopers would you say live in your town/city? Well, I live in St. Louis and I know of LOTS of people who hoop.
Have you performed hooping in front of an audience? Ha. My little kiddies at pre-school & I am the only one who hoops outta my friends so, if that counts...
Has anyone told you you were too old to be playing with a hula hoop? Yeah. boo.
What’s the worst injury you’ve acquired from the hoop? On the jump into trick, I jumped on one side and the other side flew up and hit me SO HARD and gave me a good bruise on my eye. WOW it hurt so bad.
Have you ever hooped naked? I haven't ever thought of it...since I live at my parents house and I hoop in the front yard (ha, see my video right below)...but I like the idea.
Have you been to a hoop camp/retreat? Which one? I've never heard of that...